Search results

A quick visit to say that I’m okay, although I really didn’t feel it on Saturday evening, nor at several other times. Not ready to share any more, just yet.

I don't care any more. Don't care about conforming to whatever society deems 'the norm' to be. So either I live as a misfit, or I find a way out...

You chose to marry her... Your problem!

Is the bar one of those where you have to produce your seasoncard/ticket to gain entry?

I love travelling by rail, especially long-distance or where the alternative road journey would mean hours of concentration. I am, however, a tad nervy when it comes to quiet platforms with a fast, non-stopping service scheduled...

i worked one winter season on a husky yard in northern Norway. We used to collect raw offal from a meat-processing factory - the parts that weren’t for human consumption, mainly tripe, lungs and hearts. We would cut the offal up then use an industrial blender, before filling 20kg trays and...

I recently became a shareholder in a village pub in North Yorkshire. The pub was bought by the shareholders, and is now run as a community pub, not attached to the brewery. A young couple of tenants moved in in early December for wet sale, and as of last week, they’ve got the kitchen staffed...

Am grateful it doesn’t get cold enough to bring out the sealskin hat with fox fur trim... Better to stay alive!

It’s scary to glance around a public space and see how many people fit into not just the overweight, but the obese category. Whole families with young children, all grossly overweight. Selfishness on a whole host of levels.

I hear that Cock Clod Street is one of the highlights of Radcliffe.

How do you even make toad in the hole?

When I was a student (yes, of classical music...), I was a member of a few choirs, ranging from a handful of singers to cathedral work and full symphony choruses. There is an awesome rush, performing live music of any kind, but when we did Mahler 2 at the Proms in 1992, it meant full-blown...

For your ship to be hit and have to abandon ship - that must have been utterly horrific...

Christina and the Queens at the Apollo.

I have done a quick tour of the house, as my malts are spread both here and there. The list runs as follows: Bowmore No.1 Bunnahabhain Darach Ùr Glenfiddich 12yo (3 x bottles) Glen Marnoch Islay Glenmorangie Midwinter Night’s Dram Kilchoman Coull Point Penderyn Legend Scapa 16yo Scapa Skiren...

Following your mention of this, I’ve already downloaded and watched the film. Visited Auschwitz-Birkenau only a couple of weeks ago...

When and where?

No idea. Training a herd of alpaca to row across the Atlantic, or something.

Hope you've got a black overcoat for if/when the weather turns inclement. It won't look great if that dapper black suit is twinned with a Pac-a-Mac and Sou'wester...

I'm looking to sell my season ticket, so he can use mine if no other source of ticket turns up. Hope to be there next Sat at some point, if only later for a quick pint and a curry.